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SKID ROW LYRICS
"Forty Seasons" (1998 Best of/Compilation)
1. Youth Gone Wild
2. 18 and Life
3. Piece of Me
4. I Remember You
5. The Threat
6. Psycho Love
7. Monkey Business
8. Quicksand Jesus
9. Slave to the Grind
10. Into Another (Remix)
11. Frozen (Demo 94)
12. My Enemy (Remix)
13. Breakin' Down (Remix)
14. Beat Yourself Blind (Live from The Astoria, London, England 1995)
15. Forever
16. Fire in the Hole (Demo 1991)
1. Youth Gone Wild
Youth Gone Wild
(Bolan, Snake)
Since I was born they couldn't hold me down
Another misfit kid, another burned out town
I never played by the rules!
And I never really cared
My nasty reputation takes me everywhere
I look and see it's not only me
So many others have stood where I stand
We are the young so raise your hands
They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
A boss screamin' in my ear about who I'm supposed to be
Getcha a 3-piece wall street smile and son you'll look just like me
I said: "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know,
I tell ya, park avenue leads to SKID ROW!"
I look and see it's not only me
We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt
We are the young, so shout it out
They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
© Skid Row
2. 18 and Life
18 and Life
(Bolan, Snake)
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his finger to the bone
Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town
Fough like a switchblade so no one could take him down
He had no money, ohh no good at home
He walked the streets a soldier and he fough the world alone
And now it's...
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gazoline
It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clen
They say he loved adventure, Ricky's the wild one
He married trouble had a courtship with a gun
Bang bang, shooting 'em up, the party never ends
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's...
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
"Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind
That child blew a child away
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
© Skid Row
3. Piece of Me
Piece of Me
(Bolan)
Sleazin' in the city, you know I'm lookin' for a fight
I got my heels and lookin' pretty, on a saturday night night night
Good God bless my soul, I need a fix of Rock and Roll
Come on baby you gotta wait and see
You better hurry
To get a piece of me
Caught a lonely lady, she's crying on a cigarette
I got nasty nasty habits
And that's all she's gonna get for me
One for the money, two for the show
So 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Take a look at what you might need
You better hurry
To get a piece of me
I don't have looks, I don't have money
But I know one thing's for sure
One night ain't enough of my love
She wanted more, more, more
Sleazin' in the city, you know I'm lookin' for a fight
I got my heels and lookin pretty
On a saturday night, night, night
One for the money, two for the show
So 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Take a look at what you might need
You better hurry
To get a piece of me
To get a piece of me
To get a piece of me
To get a piece of me
© Skid Row
4. I Remember You
I Remember You
(Bolan, Snake)
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
The wind would whisper and I'd think of you
And all the tears you cried , that called my name
And when you needed me I came through
I paint a picture of the days gone by
When love went blind and you would make me see
I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes
So that I knew that you where there for me
Time after time you where there for me
Remember yesterday...
Walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand...
I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say...
I remember you
We spent the summer with the top rolled down
Wished ever sfter would be like this
You said I love you babe, without a sound
I said I'd give my life for just one kiss
I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss
Remember yesterday...
Walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand...
I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say...
I remember you
We've had our share of hard times
But that's the price we paid
And through it all we kept the promisse that we made
I swear you'll never be lonely
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
Washed away a dream of you
But nothing else could ever take you away
'Cause you'll always be my dream come true
Oh my darling I love you
Remember yesterday...
Walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand...
I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say...
I remember you
Remember yesterday...
Walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand...
I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say...
I remember you
© Skid Row
5. The Threat
The Threat
(Bolan, Snake)
I've been convicted with and without reason
Tarred and feathered like a piper on a killing spree
And felt the anger of generations
And been the target of the cheap shots of authority
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball
Won't beg, won't bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line, you'll see
Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society
I wasn't put here to be treated
Like some disease you hoped would go away if left alone
You can sweep me under the carpet
But, I'll still infect your need to use me as a steppin' stone
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball
Won't beg, won't bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line, you'll see
Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball
© Skid Row
6. Psycho Love
Psycho Love
(Bolan)
Check out Clementine
Cleanin' needles in her wine
Face down in her one-eyed world
With her brain-dead valentine
She'll be your zombie, your livin' dead
Her sweet corruption
It's gonna make you, gonna break you
Ohh yeah, she said...
Haunt my house of pain
And feel my psycho love
We'll shine and pray for rain
To heal my psycho love
Legs at ten and two
Chain her down that's what you do
King Tut and snake-eyed slut
In the pink but screamin' blue
I'll taste your crazy, you smell insane
I'm just another ghost
Inside your spirits hall of fame
Haunt my house of pain
And feel my psycho love
We'll shine and pray for rain
To heal my psycho love
As the warm smooth soul
Chases through the cold silence of a body
A body of touch not feel
One question is she a stone in the devil's garden
Or a speck in an angel dust
Ashes to ashes
And lust to lust
She'll teach you true love
Watchin' you turn blue love
She'll wrap you in a chokehold
And suck your symptom dry
© Skid Row
7. Monkey Business
Monkey Business
(Bolan, Snake)
Outside my window there's a
Whole lot of trouble comin'
The cartoon killers and the
Rag cover clones
Stack heels kickin' rhythm
Of social circumcision
Can't close the closet on
Shoe box full of bones
Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch
Can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch
Collecting back her favors 'cause her well is running dry
I know her act is terminal,
But she ain't gonna die
Slim intoxicado drinkin' dime store hooch
Is always in a circle with his part-time pooch
Little creepy's playing dollies in the New York rain
Thinkin' Bowie's just a knife
Ooh the pain
I ain't seen the sun since I don't know when
The freaks come out at nine
And it's twenty to ten
What's this funk
That you call junk
To me it's just monkey business
Blind man in the vox that will probably die
The village kids laugh as they walk by
A psycho is on the edge of this human garbage dump
And the vultures in the sewers are telling
Him to jump
Into the fire from the frying pan
Tripping on his tongue
For a cool place to stand
Where's this shade
That you've got it made
To me it's just monkey business
Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business if I got
No monkey on my back
Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business if I got
Monkey's on my back
The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls
Dressed to the society
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
Can't get you by that monkey
© Skid Row
8. Quicksand Jesus
Quicksand Jesus
(Bolan, Snake)
She caught the melting sky
It burned but still the winter passes by and by
To the other side
A slow parade of wind
That blows through threes
That wilted with the season's children
Are we saved by the words of bastard saints
Do we live in fear or faith
Tell me now who's behind the rain
A maze of tangled grace
The symptoms of 'for real' are crumbling from embrace
But still we chase... the shadows of belief
And new religion clouds our visions of the roots of our souls
Are we ashamed of our own fate
Or play the fool for our own sake
Tell me who's behind the rain
What do we need where do we go
When we get where we don't know
Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow
When faith's our shelter from the cold
What do we need where do we go
When we get where we don't know
Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow
When faith's our shelter from the cold
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I need you
Quicksand Jesus I believe you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away
© Skid Row
9. Slave to the Grind
Slave to the Grind
(Bach, Bolan & Snake)
You got me forced to crack my lids in two
I'm still stuck inside this rubber room
I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind
I'm just another gear in the assembly line - oh no
The noose gets tighter around my throat
But I ain't at the end of my rope 'cause
I won't be the one left behind
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Get it?
A routine injection, a lethal dose
But my day in the sun ain't even close
There's no need to waste your prayers on me
You better mark my words 'cause I'm history
Yes indeed
You might beg for mercy to get by
But I'd rather tear this thorn from my side
I won't be the one left behind
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
They swallowed their daggers by turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide
They swallowed their daggers by turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide
I won't be the one left behind
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
I said slave to the grind
Slave to the grind
Slave to the grind
© Skid Row
10. Into Another (Remix)
Into Another (Remix)
(Bolan, Snake)
Slowly I heal the love that's found its way
Onto another path in times of change
Crossing a bridge unknown
Hoping our strength will hold
Should they both let go then let me lay
...Let me lay
(chorus)
Show me a sign
To a light that shines
One direction into another
Sheltered peace of mind
Somewhere I lost a piece of memory
Somehow I know my legs will carry me
Searching for circles end
Hoping the wounds will mend
Should this scar, then it was meant to be
(repeat chorus 3x)
© Skid Row
11. Frozen (Demo 94)
Frozen (Demo 94)
(Bolan, Snake)
As a stare into the fire
All my thoughts go up in flames
Here I stare into the fire
I'll be waiting on the rain
The box I keep myself in, closes out my air
So I build a fire, so I can sit and stare
(chorus)
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen
As I stare into the weather
My eyes drying from the cold
As I stare into the weather
I sense my thoughts growing old
(repeat chorus)
I listen to the prophets predict the stem of tides
I stare into the weather that's keeping me inside
(repeat chorus)
As I stare into the fire
Will the prophets change my mind
While I stare into the fire
All the colors treat me kind
I'll dust away the fallings the winter leaves for me
I'll stare into the fire and set tomorrow free
(repeat chorus)
© Skid Row
12. My Enemy (Remix)
My Enemy (Remix)
(Affuso, Bolan & Hill)
Play the fence, one way you're gonna fall
Sometimes I don't know who you are at all
Your opinion is something that you've got inside
But I see the loyalty has up and died
Your skeletons
My skeletons
Life is only getting shorter
You can be my enemy and I don't care
Keep throwin' stones at yourself
Stories run in circles that have no end
I hit on luck, then you bum me out again
There's a way that you keep the truth in check
Scratch the surface and treat it like a broken neck
Keep the peace when face to face with the scene
Got a hunch that ain't what you really mean
Weather's fair, does that change where you stand?
My back is turned and the knife is in your hand
Your genocide
My genocide
Life is only getting shorter
You can be my enemy and I don't care
Keep throwin' stones at yourself
You can be my enemy and I don't care
You try too hard and I can tell
© Skid Row
13. Breakin' Down (Remix)
Breakin' Down (Remix)
(Snake)
What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that
Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home
(chorus)
If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
I'm breakin' down
As if you thought the rain could wash away the day
And could heal you
Not for a second did I believe it
Not for a minute did I believe that
Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home
(repeat chorus 2x)
What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that
(repeat chorus 2x)
© Skid Row
14. Beat Yourself Blind (Live from The Astoria, London, England 1995)
Beat Yourself Blind
(Bach, Bolan, Hill, Snake)
Give me a minute 'cause I'm wrapped in superstition
Pour me a chemical to take away the edge
Don't make up anything that's breaking all your fingers
Just slap around a bit of what it takes to pledge
Carry out another stone as a slave
Ask general-know-it-all "Who's juggling the earth?"
Tease all the natives that will walk across your grave
And shove aside your nation all for what it's worth
(chorus)
Beat yourself blind (repeat 6x)
An open eyes and a closed mind
Look at the suit in suspended animation
A faded outline that used to be a man
A piece of paper that's fallen out a window
Has got a better chance to know where it will land
(repeat chorus)
To bleed in vain, to bleed in vain--under my eyes are painted skies
Down at the boneyard, they're diggin' up the relics
Handfuls of parasites thrown into machines
I got the phone call they're tearin' down the mission
The zombies had a ball, but don't know what it means
Beat yourself blind
© Skid Row
15. Forever
Forever
(Bolan, Hill & Snake)
Remember when we were young
Just two kids on the run
With a fist full of dreams
Drinking wild
Playing cool
Stay out late
Caught in school
While cigarettes lie and chase
In the backseat of my Chevrolet
Where the radio would play like rain
And all the world would fade away
Together we stand
Well it's just you and me
So Baby hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know I can't live without you
No, no, no, no
They said we're growing up too fast
What we had would never last
So we left without goodbyes
And then sometimes we got tough
Roads a head look kind of rough
And all we had was you and I
We'd pray to God on those cool dark nights
And then we knew that it would be alright
We'd go through hell! just to hold each other tight
Together we stand
Well it's just you and me
So baby hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know I can't live without you
As long as the world keeps turning
For as long as it's another day
Together forever
We'll stand
In the backseat of my Chevrolet
Where the radio would play like rain
And all the world fade away
Together we stand
Well it's just you and me
So baby hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know I can't live without you
Forever, forever, forever we stand
Forever, forever, forever we stand
© Skid Row
16. Fire in the Hole (Demo 1991)
Fire in the Hole
(Bolan, Hill)
Why not just skin me like a yankee pig?
This neo-nazi stuff just ain't my gig
Still ain't sure what you had in mind
I picked it from the stench you left behind
Steady drip of memory for my head
Bet you got jealousidal tendencies
Could I wind up dead
Something going around
Then there's fire in the hole
Cover me I'm going down
Then there's fire in the hole
Unlucky white kid didn't leave with the blues
Paintballs of fire
He had a ball with Dio
Give us love while we're covered in blood
Flying high but ain't sure which way is up
Crash landing in the submarines
Belly up to the enemy
Something going around
Then there's fire in the hole
Am I even sinking fast on the ship of souls
Cover me I'm going down
Then there's fire in the hole
There's something going around
Then there's fire in the hole
Cover me I'm going down
Then there's fire in the hole
Am I even sinking fast on the ship of souls
Cover me I'm going down
© Skid Row
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